The Mummy star Sofia Boutella has signed on to the cast of HBO’s Fahrenheit 451 remake, with Variety reporting that the actress will join the previously announced Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon. Ramin Bahrani (99 Homes) is directing the new adaptation of the Ray Bradbury novel, which tells the story of a dystopian future where […]
Fox cancels 24: Legacy, but looking at other potential 24 spinoffs
Last month FOX announced that 24: Legacy had been put on hold due to star Corey Hawkins’ commitments to the Broadway play Six Degrees of Separation, which took a potential second season off the table for this fall. Well, it seems that a second season is now off the table for good, as Variety is […]
Al Pacino to play Joe Paterno for director Barry Levinson and HBO
Variety is reporting that Al Pacino is set to play former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in an as-yet-untitled film for HBO and director Barry Levinson, which will explore the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal. The logline for the film reads: “After becoming the winningest coach in college football history, Joe Paterno is embroiled in […]
Fargo Season 3 Episode 8 Review – ‘Who Rules the Land of Denial?’
Shaun Munro reviews the eighth episode of Fargo season 3… This week’s episode of Fargo was easily the darkest, weirdest and most suspenseful of the entire season, and despite the general consensus on season three being a decline in quality from the first two, this was certainly one of the strongest episodes in the entire show’s […]
Movie Review – I, Daniel Blake (2016)
I, Daniel Blake, 2016. Directed by Ken Loach. Starring Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy, Briana Shann, and Dylan McKiernan. SYNOPSIS: A middle-aged carpenter who requires state welfare after injuring himself, is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario. “My life is in their hands”, Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) utters as he is […]
Justice League’s “major” reshoots, Death Note criticisms, Spider-Man: Homecoming testing well and more – Daily News Roundup
JUSTICE LEAGUE IN TROUBLE? Uh oh. Coming off the back of all the positivity surrounding Wonder Woman, there’s some possibly troubling news coming out of the DCEU camp. It was announced a few weeks ago that Zack Snyder was stepping down as director of Justice League for very personal issues with Joss Whedon taking over […]
DVD Review – Kingdom: Seasons One & Two
Kingdom: Seasons 1 and 2 Created by Byron Balasco. Starring Jonathan Tucker, Frank Grillo, Kiele Sanchez, Nick Jonas, Matt Lauria, Joanna Going, and Natalie Martinez. SYNOPSIS: Personal drama is never far from the cage in DirecTV’s MMA drama, Kingdom, which comes to US DVD this week from Shout! In episode two, Alvey (Frank Grillo) tries to tell […]
There will be only one Game of Thrones spin off says HBO president
The programming president of HBO has revealed that there will in fact only be one spin off show for the popular fantasy series Game of Thrones. When the announcement was made that four Game of Thrones spin-offs were in development many assumed that to mean that all four would make it to television. That was […]
Comic Book Review – Trinity Vol. 1: Better Together
Ricky Church reviews Trinity Vol. 1: Better Together… The Dark Knight. The Man of Steel. The Amazon Warrior. The three greatest heroes in the DC Universe unite when the threats to our planet are bigger than any one of them can handle. But now, the deadly White Mercy has Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman in […]
Justice League reportedly set for 3 months of “significant” reshoots, Wonder Woman star confirms return
Last month it was revealed that Justice League would be undergoing some additional photography ahead of its release this November, with Joss Whedon taking over the reins from Zack Snyder owing to the passing of Snyder’s daughter. Well, according to Batman-on-Film, cameras are now once again rolling on the DC blockbuster, although apparently these “are not […]
